Saturday Night!

It's always great when you expect less & receive a lot more than you thought you would. Something similar happened last Saturday.

Got up at about 12 to find myself in an empty house. Both Sid & Ajay had gone to their respective offices on a Saturday! Had lunch at Mirch Masala & went to Soumya's house. There was a marked silence. Probably because Princi, Kumar & Satish aren't here in Bangalore. Soumya came & asked me to accompany him to The Forum, since he wanted to buy shoes & a belt (he joins Accenture today). In the midst of the shopping, Pritish called & said we'd go out for a drive. Soon we were at his house in BTM, 1st Stage.

This guy really knows how to live it up. He's got a rooftop pad the size of ours @ 4500/- p.m. stocked with all creature comforts possible ... geyser, TV, Audio system, WorldSpace sat radio, laptop, Reliance landline, Sify broadband, microwave, washing machine ... cool! Besides, he's got a bike & a car! He's done well for himself in 2 years (with some help from his Mousi).

We went to his office in Basavangudi (Caritor) & got the car. Thus began the drive (at about 7 p.m.) which was to go on well past midnight. At Richmond circle, we drove into what, according to Pritish, was Bangalore's only drive in restaurant (called Airport ..... something, dunno). Had coffee & went out to cruise on MG/Brigade/Residency. All the lights at the Chinnaswamy were on since there was a 20-20 tournament on. Looked great. Soumya said he wanted some beer. So it was off to Yeshwantpur then amidst some freewheeling debate on religious fundamentalism, RSS, suicidal tendencies etc. Beer over, we proceeded to Outer Ring Road, Marthahalli to a restaurant called Bandhini where they served some great chicken for dinner. On the way back, Soumya went on an empty-beer-bottle-flinging-spree (on the road!).

Soon, we were back on MG via Airport Road & Rajajinagar (some serious Bangalore darshan, this) for some ice cream. It was midnight by now & the most requested number these days, 'Dus Bahane' was playing on Disco Nights (Radio City).

It was then that I saw what looked like a gang of bikers, with the guy in front doing a huge wheelie with a pillion! On a Yamaha RX100! He managed to keep the front wheel in the air till as long as I could see him! Looked like we were in for some fun and sure enough we soon had a Yamaha R1 & a Suzuki GSX-R doing wheelies & drag runs amidst catcalls & whistles from the crowd. There was more to come as they were soon joined by a Honda CBR, a Ducati & the big daddy, a Suzuki Hayabusa. Everybody was into wheelies majorly & the speeds they were achieving on the drags were awesome. There was even a guy timing their quarter miles! A Karizma rider took it upon himself to perform a burnout. And the cars weren't missing either ... there were heavily modded Ford Ikons, Esteems, Zens, Honda Citys with the works ..... neon lights, flashers, skirts, double deck spoilers, low pro tyres shod on fat alloys ...... it was awesome. I had never seen so much of performance machinery in one place together before. It was a mind blowing experience. But, just when it looked like these blokes were going to go in for some serious racing, the cops showed up & started shooing everybody off. Spoilsports!

Anyway, we still hadn't had enough & cruised around Brigade with the music blasting ..... & came upon a sight for sore eyes ..... two really hot babes emerging from the Spinz disco in minis. Soumya & me got outta the car pronto & ogled to our heart's content. That was some sight!

I wanted it to go on but all good things must come to an end ..... and so we returned to Pritish's place at about 3 in the morning after dropping Soumya at Koramangla. I stayed over. It had been the best night out in Bangalore ever!